Elections to High Peak Borough Council in Derbyshire, England, the United Kingdom were held on 7 May 1979. All of the council was up for election and control of the council changed from Conservative control to no overall control.[1]

Boundary changes since the 1976 local elections reduced the number of seats by 2.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

High Peak Local Election Result 1979[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 22 0 5 -5 50
  Labour 12 4 0 +4 27.3
  Liberal 2 0 0 0 4.5
  Independent 8 0 1 -1 18.2

Ward results

All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Charles Cocks 1561
Independent George Chatterton 1480
Labour Christopher Sydney Turner 1313
Labour Kenneth Trevor Powell 1147
Conservative Irene Beatrice Greenhalgh 1145
Liberal Robert Michael Love 1012
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Barmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Harold Henry Cartledge 622 73.35
Labour Peter Keith Jones 226 26.65
Majority 396 46.70
Turnout 848 81.1
Independent win (new seat)
Barms
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Henry Hitchings 1467
Labour Barbara Mary Langham 1108
Conservative Albert Peter Inglefield 801
Conservative Cecil George Wallace 720
Turnout 83.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Blackbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Betty Patricia Colley unopposed
Liberal George Harry White unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Buxton Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dennis Raymond Walter unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Chapel East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Albert Phillips 622 55.59
Conservative Cheryl Mary Dawson 337 30.11
Independent Desmond Francis Bryan 160 14.30
Majority 285 25.47
Turnout 1119 82.0
Independent win (new seat)
Chapel West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Muriel Bertha Bradbury unopposed
Conservative Kenneth Victor Bradwell unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
College
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Jane Inglefield unopposed
Conservative Joyce Mary Craufurd-Stuart unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Corbar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Beatrice Millican 1219
Conservative Alan Keith Allman 1034
Labour Robert Garside 590
Turnout 72.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Cote Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Terence Garrie Gill 910
Labour Noel Ratcliffe 824
Conservative Dennis Roy Surrey 654
Conservative Heather Michelle Robinson 491
Independent Iris Tamsons 397
Turnout 68.6
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Gamesley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Francis 1420
Labour Richard John Cooke 1346
Conservative Harry Lemon 498
Conservative Lynn Watson 460
Communist Robert Ainsworth Heald 37
Turnout 77.2
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Hayfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Fred Barnes 854 57.16
Conservative Herbert David Mellor 407 27.24
Labour David John Wilcox 233 15.60
Majority 447 29.92
Turnout 1494 80.0
Independent win (new seat)
Ladybower
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Albert Bingham 775 82.53
Labour James Stanley Byford 164 17.47
Majority 611 65.07
Turnout 939 82.1
Conservative win (new seat)
Limestone Peak
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Evelyn May Tomlinson unopposed
Independent win (new seat)
New Mills North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dorothy May Brennand 1574
Conservative Dorothy Mary Livesley 1571
Conservative John Edward Mone 1545
Liberal Graham Martin Doughty 1525
Labour Stephen John Herbert Dearden 1152
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
New Mills South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Keith McMurray 1226
Liberal Harry Norman Burfoot 1155
Labour Lawrence Gordon Allen 858
Conservative Frank Morris Bullough 758
Labour Dorothy Edna Fryman 424
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal win (new seat)
Peveril
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles David Lewis unopposed
Conservative win (new seat)
St. Andrew's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Jackson 1125
Conservative Ronald Ferguson 1077
Labour Josephine Elizabeth Hopkin 1065
Labour John Alfred Pagett 1048
Communist Juleen Barbara Clarke 83
Turnout 78.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
St. Charles'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Holtom 1218
Labour Francis Walter Stubbs 1115
Conservative Cynthia Violet Mitchell 787
Conservative Denys Toole 777
Communist Terence O’Toole 119
Turnout 76.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
St. James'
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Wharmby 1513
Conservative Kenneth Guy Dickenson 1422
Conservative Alfred Edwin Jenner Leney 1407
Labour Reginald Mann 1353
Labour Ceilia Ashton 1323
Labour David Carr 1308
Turnout 71.2
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
St John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brenda Tetlow 934 82.00
Labour Joan Wilcox 205 18.00
Majority 729 64.00
Turnout 1139 83.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Simmondley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Roderick Heath 674 43.07
Labour Michael William Slattery 470 30.03
Liberal Joyce Ashley 421 26.90
Majority 204 13.04
Turnout 1565 82.5
Conservative win (new seat)
Stone Bench
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Barton Morley 1577
Labour James Henry Poulton 1398
Conservative Alexander Taylor-Clague 553
Turnout 75.6
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Tintwistle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ralph Bennett 480 51.67
Conservative Clifford Pennington 449 48.33
Majority 31 3.33
Turnout 929 86.0
Labour win (new seat)
Whaley Bridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Arthur Thomas Pritchard 2193
Independent Fredrick Bonsall Woodward 1854
Conservative Harold Hastings Littlewood 1601
Labour Martin Struan Burch 1203
Labour George Kenneth Brown 1147
Conservative Bernard George Everett 887
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "English local elections 2007". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 4 May 2007.
  2. ↑ Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher (1 May 2003). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. University of Plymouth Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. ISBN 0948858354.
  3. ↑ Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher. "High Peak Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). www.electionscentre.co.uk. The Election Centre, Plymouth University. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2020.
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